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Livingston & Evans

Livingston & Evans is credited on 9,147 releases across 2,417 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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9,147

Credits

2,417

Albums

8

Decades active

582

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Biography

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Songwriting and composing team who worked on movies, television and stage.
Jay Livingston and Ray Evans met at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, having met in a dance band. Their professional collaboration began in 1937. Livingston and Evans won the Academy Award for Best Original Song three times, in 1948 for the song "Buttons and Bows", written for the movie The Paleface; in 1950 for the song "Mona Lisa", written for the movie Captain Carey, U.S.A.; and in 1956 for the song "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)," featured in the movie The Man Who Knew Too Much. Livingston and Evans wrote popular TV themes for shows including Bonanza and Mr. Ed. They also wrote the Christmas song "Silver Bells" in 1951 for the film The Lemon Drop Kid as well as "Never Let Me Go" for the 1956 film The Scarlet Hour.
They received a star together on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Credited work

9,147 releases · 2,417 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 9,837
  • Other credits · 237
  • Production · 1

Studios: Webster Hall · RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World · RCA Studios, Hollywood

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